Thursday, May 24, 2012

ORLANDO, FL, May 18, 2012 —The Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Orlando (JGSGO) proudly presents internationally
renowned and highly regarded expert, Marlis Humphrey, as Speaker of the Month.
She will present "Getting
the Most Out of JewishGen".

JewishGen is the preeminent
resource for researching Jewish ancestry. This free website provides many tools
for finding both deceased ancestors as well as living family members. The
JewishGen databases are extensive, with more than 20 million searchable records
and more than 700 volunteers adding to the collection daily. More than just
searchable databases, JewishGen provides a myriad of research tools including,
family trees, a family finder, access to special interest groups, information
files, as well as training in Jewish genealogy.

This is “must have” knowledge for
anyone starting Jewish ancestry research. For more experienced researchers,
this presentation will be a great refresher course and update. As part of the
presentation, Marlis will accept research queries from the audience and will perform
live on-demand searches via JewishGen. Learn to take advantage of all that
JewishGen has to offer and kick-start your next breakthrough.

Marlis Glaser Humphrey is the industry’s foremost expert
on next generation family history publishing and a successful researcher. Marlis
recently presented at the National Genealogical Society’s annual conference in
Cincinnati and is presenting at the upcoming Federation of Genealogical
Societies’ conference in Birmingham and the International Association of Jewish
Genealogical Societies’ conference in Paris. Marlis holds a B.A. in Russian and
an M.S. in Management of Technology.

A JGSGO Maven’s Corner will be available starting at 12:30
P.M., prior to the scheduled program, by reservation only. Those interested in
meeting with a maven to discuss a genealogy problem should bring a concise
description of their genealogical question and relevant background data. Please
email your question and background information and to reserve an appointment to
jgsgo.maven@gmail.com .

ADMISSION: Open to the public. $5.00 for non-members. Free for
members.

About the Jewish
Genealogical Society of Greater Orlando

The Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Orlando (JGSGO)
is a not for profit organization dedicated to sharing genealogical information,
techniques and research tools with anyone interested in Jewish genealogy and
family history. Anyone may join JGSGO. Annual dues are $25 for an individual
and $30 for a family. For more information visit our blog at www.jgsgo.blogspot.com .

Ron Doctor will discuss his
efforts to make the JewishGen Ukraine Special Interest Group (SIG) more
relevant to researchers. He'll describe the SIG's new town-centered
organization and the projects the SIG is developing which improve Jewish
Ukrainian research. He'll discuss how you can learn the names of your ancestral
towns and find old country data that may help you research your ancestors. You
will see examples of some of the records that are available, including vital
records and revision lists (censuses). Records like these have enabled Ron to
extend his direct ancestral lines back to the early 1700s.

Dr. Ron Doctor is Coordinator of the JewishGen Ukraine SIG
and President of the Kremenets District Research Group. Ron coordinated a
project that translated 15,500 vital records of Kremenets. He currently is
managing projects that are translating 2,600 pages of Yizkor Books from
Kremenets and Vishnevets and 16,000 pages of Russian Revision List records from
the Krements District, Ukraine. He also is coordinating the Kremenets and
Vishnevets Jewish Cemetery Projects (about 4,200 gravestones). Ron is Past
President of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Oregon and serves on JGSO’s
Board. He is a frequent guest speaker and authored a monthly Jewish genealogy
column for the Oregon Jewish Review. He began working on his family history in
1992. He earned a B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from the
University of California, Los Angeles as well as a Master’s in Library and
Information Science from the University of Washington.

A JGSGO Maven’s Corner will be available starting at 1:30
P.M., prior to the scheduled program, by reservation only. Those interested in
meeting with a maven to discuss a genealogy problem should bring a concise
description of their genealogical question and relevant background data. Please
email your question and background information and to reserve an appointment to
jgsgo.maven@gmail.com .

Ron will present to the group from Oregon live via the
Internet. Whether beginner or expert in researching your Jewish family history,
this is the meeting for you. Don’t miss out!

ADMISSION: Open to the public. $5.00 for non-members. Free for
members.

About the Jewish
Genealogical Society of Greater Orlando

The Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Orlando (JGSGO)
is a not for profit organization dedicated to sharing genealogical information,
techniques and research tools with anyone interested in Jewish genealogy and
family history. Anyone may join JGSGO. Annual dues are $25 for an individual
and $30 for a family. For more information visit our blog at www.jgsgo.blogspot.com .